Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: fights over Flint’s water, mercury limits before SCOTUS
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A look at this month’s biggest environmental stories with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson.
Water
Robot fish to track real ones
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The robots carry receivers that follow acoustic devices surgically implanted in fish. They also can monitor the growth of toxic algae in the Great Lakes.
Nearshore
Volunteers in forefront of monitoring Great Lakes streams
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Counting, identifying macroinvertebates helps assess water quality
Wildlife
Hormone-mimickers widespread in Great Lakes waterways, fish
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Great Lakes waterways are contaminated with known endocrine disrupting compounds; scientists warn that fish are at risk
Wildlife
This creature turns water into jelly
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Declining calcium means this zooplankton is increasing in many inland lakes, clogging water intakes and disrupting the food web.
Waste
UM researcher says microplastics could threaten Great Lakes fish
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A research project at the University of Michigan is looking at the impact that microplastics could have on Great Lakes wildlife.
Land
Fur trade a suspect in Minnesota monument mercury contamination
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How long does pollution linger? At Minnesota’s Grand Portage National Monument, high levels of toxic mercury may date back to the 1700s.
Water
Bipartisan lawmakers seek to extend Great Lakes protection
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They seek to blunt proposed cuts, extend Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Water
Iowa runoff lawsuit, Flint’s water woes
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WKAR’s Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson about January’s biggest environmental stories.
Water
Are prescription drugs harming fish?
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Prescription drugs bypassing sewage treatment to enter the Great Lakes could harm fish.